Chapter 327

"You gave them to me." Colin's fingers traced the lower-right corner of the specimen, where a black signature with the letters 'C' - Caldwell's initial - was inscribed.

I stared at Colin, my breath catching. "Me? I gave these to you?"

All of these specimens?

"You said that the beauty of a shooting star lies in its fleeting moment. That the brief bloom of a night-blooming cereus is enough to dazzle everyone..." Colin turned to look at me, his voice as raspy as ever.

But it seemed to carry an endless stream of loneliness, grievance, and guilt. "Life is short, to preserve them forever, this was the only way."

I was shocked as I gazed at the walls filled with butterfly specimens. For a moment, they all seemed to come alive, flapping their wings, taking flight.

"I can't believe I would... like these," I said in astonishment.

Colin took my hand and led me into a room in the basement.

The door had a keypad, sturdy like a bank vault.

As the door swung open, I followed Colin inside.

a tingling

Colin... finally opened his

finally willing to trust me completely, revealing his hidden secrets, his scars, all out in the open for

basement was covered with Colin's investigations - about Damian, about me, my parents, the people from the orphanage,

there was the current

was watching over everyone,

at Colin, a mix of panic

be the killer,

left corner. "This isn't the first serial murder case. Three years

their ends through slips, accidents, drownings, fires

'accidents' is

"There's one thing in common – they don't kill

illegal practices at the psychiatric hospital. "This man, Lamont, was one of the few with a conscience among

was also the doctor Dexter had brought to provoke Colin

they all revolve around me,"

all once hurt, bullied, and tormented

while the real killer often goes unnoticed," Colin

was a problem back then, you had this chain of evidence... why didn't you go to the police?" I looked at Colin

looked at me, his

me everything, right?" I asked, my heart

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